11 Simple Drawing Exercises to Train Your 3D Intuition
Drawing is largely an intuitive process. Artists tend to not think about the position, shape, and angle of every line—instead, they test what “feels” right…
Drawing is largely an intuitive process. Artists tend to not think about the position, shape, and angle of every line—instead, they test what “feels” right…
When you think of a thing to draw, in your imagination it’s a real, 3D object. But you can’t draw a real, 3D object—you can…
Most artists learn how to draw 3D forms through the process of trial and error, and after a while their intuition tells them what to…
Imagine two competitors in an obstacle course race. Competitor A visits the course before the race. They walk slowly, analyzing each obstacle, and testing various…
Tracing has a real bad name in the artistic community, and for a good reason—an artist can spend years to learn how to draw a…
There are plenty of beginner tutorials for people who want to learn how to draw. But it’s like there’s no order to them—one’s teaching you…
Let’s say you’re drawing something from a photo reference, and you can see something is wrong—you’re not sure what exactly, but your drawing looks different…
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Proportions are probably the most important element of realistic drawing. No matter how much time you spend on your artwork, if you mess up the…
Drawing is an art of illusion—flat lines on a flat sheet of paper look like something real, something full of depth. To achieve this effect,…
This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still…
This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still…
This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still…
This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still…
This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still…